Stop turning in quest items the hard way

[Niwashi]

Surprisingly I didn't even think to do this.

I say surprisingly because I spend a lot of time crafting, and that's essentially how I select gear when an actual piece of gear is used as a mat.

Is there any alternative when selecting gear items as crafting materials? While Bixby's suggestion will be nice for Ixal quest turn-ins where the items involved have literally no other purpose, I hate having to select gear as a crafting material that way.

If I'm going to destroy a piece of gear to make something else, I want to really see which piece of gear it is, in particular whether it's in my inventory or my armoury chest, and whether it's in any gear sets. So is there any way to reach what the OP refers to as "Hard Mode" selections when selecting an item to craft with?

[Bixby]

If I'm going to destroy a piece of gear to make something else, I want to really see which piece of gear it is, in particular whether it's in my inventory or my armoury chest, and whether it's in any gear sets. So is there any way to reach what the OP refers to as "Hard Mode" selections when selecting an item to craft with?

Well, if it's in your armoury chest, it won't let you select it as a crafting material to begin with ("You do not have the required materials in your inventory"). So if you want to keep from using something for a craft, you can temporarily put it in your armoury.

I don't think there's any way to choose the item through the regular inventory, though. You have to use that little sub-window with just the acceptable items and look at the tooltips.

[ChazNatlo]

Thanks for this. I already knew it, I figure I stumbled upon it some time ago, but it's nice that someone is spreading it to a wider audience.

I usually use this for most things, though I use the "hard mode" for triple turn ins and when I'm turning in something I have a variation I want to keep. For the former, if I've sorted everything, it is four button presses to six, two for each item.